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The team behind the popular Median XL mod for Diablo 2 has released Median XL: Sigma 1.0.0, a new version that updates the engine and many game mechanics:
The Diablo 2 Median XL mod will be getting a massive overhaul next month, which updates the original game engine.
The Median XL mod has been around for ages, and the mod's development team has announced that it will be moving the popular mod to a new engine, the Sigma Engine. The team promises that the new engine generally removes limitations from the original one, and offers opportunities for bigger inventories and rooms alongside other general improvements.
The improvements include increasing the resolution to 1024x768, individual skill cooldowns, and removal of death penalties. Previous versions of the mod, such as Median XL Ultimative, have had good performance in Linux using WINE.
At Blizzcon in November, Diablo publisher Blizzard announced a mobile game, Diablo: Immortal, which was met with a near-universal backlash from Diablo fans and seen as a reskinned attempt at catering to the Chinese gaming market. Later, there was some speculation that Blizzard had intended to announce a PC-oriented Diablo 4 at Blizzcon but delayed it at the last moment, which Blizzard has since denied.
Median XL: Sigma changelog. Trailer (2m34s).
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 19 2019, @09:09PM (1 child)
The problem is that they keep releasing garbage games under the Diablo name. Blizzard hasn't released a good game in a great number of years. Instead they prefer to cash in on names that they haven't yet run into the ground. Star Craft II is a pretty good example, it's a terrible game that was ruined because of their obsession with turning it into an esport title without considering what that did to the single player and non-competitive multiplayer market. Not that the original was that great, at the time it was a bunch of fun, but it hasn't help up very well.
Diablo 3 was terrible, they forced everybody that wanted to play to do so in multiplayer because we allegedly weren't smart enough to know whether we wanted to play single player or multiplayer.
Blizzard used to be great back in the '90s, but now they're garbage.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @07:52AM
I totally skipped Diablo 3. 'Must have internet access'. FFS. Why.
No, just, no.
They worry so much about people copying their game only to find that people don't play it. So funny.